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Abby Louise Tallmadge papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tallmadge
Abstract

Correspondence to Abby L. Tallmadge from fellow scholars regarding her work on Jane Austen, a few manuscript copies of her scholarly work, a family scrapbook and printed material relating to the architectural work of her brother, Thomas Eddy Tallmadge.

Dates: approximately 1860-1952

Alfred E. Hamill papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hamill
Abstract Chicago investment banker, Centaur Press founder, Newberry Library trustee, and calligraphy and gypsy lore collector. Personal letters of Alfred E. Hamill to a Russian émigré, Alexandra Fredericks, and of Dora E. Yates, a librarian and the secretary of the Gypsy Lore Society, to Hamill. Also typescript copy of a diary kept 1918-1919 while in France with the American Red Cross, a letter to Andrei Gromyko in 1945 regarding U.S.-Soviet relations, bookplates, photographs, poems, and other...
Dates: 1856-1967; Majority of material found within 1937-1953

Alice Pacholik - Heulwen Thomas Letters

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Pacholik
Abstract

Letters of Welsh pen-pal and friend, Heulwen Morgan Thomas, to Alice Kipnowski Pacholik, of Chicago, which began in 1938 when Heulwen was 15 and continued until 2011, a year prior to Heulwen's death.

Dates: 1938-2011

C. Frederick Kittle collection of Doyleana

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Modern-MS-Kittle-Doyle
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and artwork of and relating to Arthur Conan Doyle and his family, forming a small part of the C. Frederick Kittle Collection of Doyleana, most of which is individually cataloged. Includes 140 letters, notes and cards written by Arthur Conan Doyle, 12 letters to him, and 57 other letters, some by Doyle family members and others retained by C. Frederick Kittle (mostly regarding his collecting of Doyle materials). Also artwork by Doyle’s father, grandfather and...
Dates: 1836-2000

Charles A. Davis Papers

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Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-1980
Abstract

Charles A. Davis left Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 22, 1900, to take a job as a court reporter in Manila after the Americans had taken control of the Philippines. His wife, Bess, joined him in Manila in 1901. This collection consists of letters and photographs that describe Mr. and Mrs. Davis' lives in Manila. It also includes a travel journal in Spanish from 1854, titled "Memorias sobre las Yslas Filipinas," that Mr. and Mrs. Davis acquired.

Dates: 1854-1901

Charles Williamson papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-1006
Abstract Extensive correspondence, documents, a journal describing an information gathering trip to Turkey of Charles Williamson, politician, British government agent, and developer of central New York State lands in the late 1700s. Williamson is suspected to have been involved in the "Burr Conspiracy," an episode in history in which Burr was accused of treason. Collection also includes research materials compiled by Isaac Joslin Cox, a scholar who wrote several articles on the Aaron Burr...
Dates: 1775-approximately 1940s; Majority of material found within 1790-1810

G. Etherington letters

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Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-277
Abstract

Seven letters, in French, June 10-July 14, 1763, written by Capt. George Etherington during the period of his captivity at L'Arbre Croche to Charles Langlade at Fort Michilimackinac. Correspondence concerns the assignment of command of the fort to Langlade and instructions for its operation, the ransom of captive British soldiers, English traders held at the fort, wampum for the Ojibwa, and the assistance of the Ottawa chief, La Fourche.

Dates: 1763

John Norton papers

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Identifier: VAULT oversize-Ayer-MS-654
Abstract Schoolmaster, interpreter, Mohawk chief, army officer, and author; also known as Teyoninhokarawen. Probably born in Scotland of Cherokee and Scottish parents, Norton was adopted by the Mohawk chief, Joseph Brant, as nephew, deputy, and successor (appointed non-hereditary chief for war and diplomacy in 1799). Addresses and correspondence of John Norton, with speeches and petitions of the Grand River Indians, chiefly dating 1804-1810. Includes a contemporary copy of "The address of...
Dates: 1804-1816; Majority of material found within 1804-1810

Katherine Mansfield Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mansfield
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material relating to Katherine Mansfield, British short story writer and critic.

Dates: 1903-1942

Katherine Mansfield Papers - Additions

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mansfield2
Abstract

Correspondence, works, and miscellaneous items relating to Katherine Mansfield, British short story writer and critic.

Dates: 1910-1938

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Manuscripts, English 9
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 3
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 2
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 2
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English literature -- 20th century 2
Manuscripts, American 2
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Women authors, English 2
Women authors, New Zealand 2
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Adultery -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Artists -- Great Britain 1
Authors, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence 1
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
Bible. John. Mohawk. Norton. 1804 -- Publishing -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Bloomsbury group 1
Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 -- Sources 1
Colonial agents -- Great Britain -- Biography 1
Colonial agents -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Copyright -- Royalties 1
Correspondence -- 1751-1800 1
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 1
Correspondence -- Canada -- 1801-1850 1
Correspondence -- England -- 1801-1850 1
Correspondence -- England -- 1951-2000 1
Correspondence -- England -- Oxford -- 1901-1950 1
Correspondence -- Michigan -- Cross Village -- 1751-1800 1
Correspondence -- Philippines -- Manila -- 1901-1950 1
Cross Village (Mich.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Diaries -- Europe 1
Diaries -- Turkey -- 1751-1800 1
Drawings (visual works) -- Great Britain 1
England -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
Executors and administrators -- England 1
Female friendship -- England -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Genesee County (N.Y.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Genesee Region (N.Y.) -- Biography 1
Grand River (Ont.) -- History -- Sources 1
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- Sources 1
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Defenses -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Latin America -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- Ontario -- Grand River -- History -- Sources 1
Indigenous peoples -- Great Britain -- Colonies 1
Iroquois Indians -- Government relations -- History -- Sources 1
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 1
Japan -- Photographs 1
Journals (notebooks) -- 1851-1900 1
Land companies -- New York (State) -- Genesee Region -- History -- Sources 1
Land grants -- Ontario -- Grand River -- History -- Sources 1
Land settlement -- New York (State) -- Genesee Region -- History -- Sources 1
Letter books -- 1801-1850 1
Librarians -- England -- Correspondence 1
Love-letters 1
Man-woman relationships -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Manila (Philippines) -- Description and travel 1
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Ottawa Indians -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
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Pen pals -- United States 1
Philippines -- Description and travel 1
Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902 -- Sources 1
Philippines -- Photographs 1
Philippines -- Social life and customs -- Sources 1
Photographs 1
Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- England -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- Philippines -- 1901-1950 1
Poems -- 1901-1950 1
Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765 -- Sources 1
Romanies -- Europe 1
Scholars -- England -- Correspondence 1
Scrapbooks -- 1851-1900 1
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 1
Short stories, English 1
South African War, 1899-1902 1
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Spiritualism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Spiritualism -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Steuben County (N.Y.) -- History 1
Travel -- Guidebooks 1
Travel literature -- Europe 1
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Language
English 9
French 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
Names
Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 2
Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923 2
Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957 2
Pinker, James B. 2
A.W. Wall Ltd. 1
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 1
Barclay, Robert, 1751-1830 1
Barr, Robert, 1849-1912 1
Beauchamp family 1
Beecher, Edward N. 1
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807 1
Brett, Dorothy, 1883-1977 1
British and Foreign Bible Society 1
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 1
Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 1
Centaur Press 1
Chapman, R. W. (Robert William), 1881-1960 1
Claus, William, 1765-1826 1
Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964 1
Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820 1
Cox, Isaac Joslin, 1873-1956 1
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 1
Curnow, Leslie 1
Davis, Bess, active 1900 1
Davis, Charles A., active 1900 1
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956 1
Doyle family 1
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 1
Doyle, Charles Altamont 1
Doyle, Jean Leckie 1
Doyle, John, 1797-1868 1
Doyle, Lena Annette Jean Conan 1
Doyle, Mary Louise Conan 1
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883 1
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811 1
Etherington, G. (George), 1722 or 1723-1802 1
Fast, Francis R. 1
Ford, Arthur, 1896-1971 1
Fredericks, Alexandra, 1897- 1
Gillette, William, 1853-1937 1
Gore, Francis, 1769-1852 1
Great Britain. Army 1
Great Britain. Army. Royal American Regiment, 60th 1
Gypsy Lore Society 1
Hamill, Alfred E. (Alfred Ernest), 1884-1953 1
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 1
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 1
Kittle, C. Frederick 1
Knight, George 1
Langlade, Charles, 1728-1800 1
Liberal Unionist Party (Great Britain) 1
London Associates 1
Morrell, Ottoline Violet Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, Lady, 1873-1938 1
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 1
Norton, John, 1770-1827 1
Owen, John, 1766-1822 1
Pacholik, Alice Kipnowski, 1923-2018 1
Paget, Sidney, 1860-1908 1
Park, William (Journalist) 1
Pulteney, William 1
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 1
Slater, Oscar, 1872-1948 1
Society for Psychical Research (Great Britain) 1
Sullivan, Mark, 1874-1952 1
Swartwout, Samuel, 1783-1856 1
Tallmadge, Abby Louise 1
Tallmadge, Thomas E. (Thomas Eddy), 1876-1940 1
Talmadge family 1
Thomas, Heulwen Morgan, 1923-2013 1
Thornton, Samuel, 1754-1838 1
University of Liverpool 1
Vernet, Horace, 1789-1863 1
Vidocq, Eugène François, 1775-1857 1
Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 1
Williamson family 1
Williamson, Charles, 1757-1808 1
Willoughby, Véra, 1870-1939 1
Yates, Dora Esther, 1879- 1
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